The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-14
BISHOP KAIN'S TALK
on THE SUBJECT OF REDEMPTION,
Tic Means the Savior Ordained to Mako
His Redemption Known to Men tl,at ihey
may ali Embrace TIA Large Con.
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very large congregation. In his two for
mel lectures the Bishop had explained the
necessity and nature OF the work accom-
pliahed by the worll's Redeemer. Therein
he had shown how completely tho Saviour
had restored fallen man to tho high, Ell.
pornstural state Of which he had been
robbed by ain. Indeed his argument wss
that through tho grace OF the Redemption
man receives far more than he had Tor.
ietted by sin. Bat whilst tho Redecmer's
merits are more than ample Tor the saliva.
ton Of all men, 1t does not follow that all
will be saved. Man must accept the
proHsred salvation. Hence the important
question discussed in last evenings lee.
ture was: "What means has the Divine
Saviour appointed by which the men OF
every age may know and profit by His
Redemption"
Whatever these means may DO, reason
tells us that they must DO adequate to the
end to be accomplished. Therefore they
mnst BIO such as will bring 10 each indi>
vidual mau q certain knowledge Of his
Saviour and Of the whole economy OF His
ealvaIion. He does not now present Him
self In person to uB; yet VIC must know
who He Is and what He has don0 for our
salvation. lie does no. come to each one
Of US in person, as to the sinners men.
toned in the Gospel, and say to each 'ol
It's directly: THY sins are forgiven
Even when We know Him Us Saul knew
Him on the road to Damascus, we must,
with the converted prosecutor, ask: Lord,
what wilt thou have me dow And as in
the case Of Saul or OF the Eunuch on bis
road TO Egypt, He has appointed and com.
missioned teachers to instruct us and min.
listers to baptiza US and make us sharersin
the graces OF His redemption.
Then the Bishop proceeded to Sustain
with quotations from the Scriptures Of the
New Testament his view that, whilst here
on hearth, Christ instituted q Church and
authorized that church to teach in bis
name all the truths OF salvation to all ma.
lions until the contamination OF tho world,
and to minister 10 all who would receive
them the divine merits Of his sacred Pas.
sion and death. He spent three years in
forming the teaching body that was to
represent Him on earth until the end OF
time, To that teaching body no solemnly
communicated His own Holy Spirit, who
twas to guide them into all truth and
abide with them forever" This same
body was also to form the nucleus OF the
Christian ministry, endow we'd with the
most astounding powers for the great
work Of sanctffying the souls Of men by
applying to them the divine merits Of the
Savior. Not only therefore did he COM
miesionthenin the mossBo!emn mannerto
20 and teach all nations, guaranteeing
Ills own continued presencs with them
in the discharge OF their high mission;
but He also authorized and comlnapded
them to regenetaie the souls OF believers
by tho sacrament OF baptism, TO inpsrt
the forgiveness Of sins, to communicate
tho Holy Ghost, to consecrats and dis
tribute His sscred living body and most
precious blood, etc, etc. All these sscred.
ministerial acts had Tor their ohjscs the
application to individual souls Of the
Cruces OF redemption, and the restoration
Of the gifts forfeited by sin: The Inspired
history Of the early church, recorded in
the Acts OF the Apostles. shows how faith
fully the ordeIa OF our Blessed Redesner
were carried out. Under the leadership
OF Pster, to whom had been entrusted the
feeding OF the eutiro flock Of Christ, the
apostles aad those who were associated
with them in the work Of the holy minis.
try, preached, baptized, absolved, Confirm
ed, distributed the .cucharistic food, &c.
OF this church thus organized aud en-
powered to represent Him, Christ declares
in strongest, yat clearest termn: ST any
mar will not hear the church, lot him DO
to thee aa the heatben and the PUBLICAN"
This is that GLORIOUS church," Of which
st, Paul speaks in such glowing language
in his Epistle to the Ephesiaus. 1t is
throughthe fundamentally oithis church
OF Christ, that mel are to be brought to
the certain knowledge Of the trutho OF salya-
ton; and it is through the INSTRUMENTAL.
ity OF this same church that they are to
receive the purchased sracas OF redemp.
ton. Such Q church, instituted BY the
Incarnate Son OF God for aucl1 holy ends,
must have qualities go unique and striking
that MI who seek, may tad ii.
The Bishop entered On an exposition OF
these essential characteristics of, the
church as given in Holy Scripture; but
for lack Of time, he wes compelled to post
pone their further consideration until next
Sunday evening, when he proposes to dis.
cuss the question: "Whero is the true
church Of Jesus Christ 2"
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